The GT America powered by AWS field returned to Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Thursday afternoon’s Practice 2, as the championship contenders continued to fine-tune their machinery ahead of the weekend’s finale. The Brickyard once again delivered a busy session filled with tight margins and late-session shakeups, with the top spots changing hands multiple times before the checkered flag waved.
It was another commanding showing for Blake McDonald, who picked up right where he left off from the morning session by pacing the field early in his No. 11 DXDT Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R. McDonald went to the top within the first ten minutes, but the battle behind him quickly intensified, with George Kurtz in the No. 04 CrowdStrike by Riley Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO and Jeff Burton in the No. 91 Regulator Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO keeping the pressure on.
At the halfway mark, Kurtz improved to second, while Tony Davis briefly broke into the top three in his No. 004 HP-TECH Ferrari 296 GT3, before being displaced by Memo Gidley in the No. 56 SKI Autosports Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVOII. As the clock wound down, championship leader Justin Rothberg vaulted his No. 29 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 into second place, splitting McDonald and Gidley at the top of the charts. Gidley ultimately completed the top three, ahead of Kurtz in fourth and Davis in fifth.
The GT2 battle once again ensued between Evan King and CJ Moses. Moses opened the session strong in his No. 58 GMG Racing Audi R8 LMS GT2, setting the early pace, but King turned up the speed in the closing stages to reclaim the top spot aboard his No. 62 Flying Lizard Motorsports Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo, mirroring the outcome of the morning’s Practice 1.
In GT4, the early benchmark was set by Craig Lumsden in the No. 610 Flying Lizard Motorsports BMW M4 GT4 (G82) EVO, before Jozsef Petkes moved ahead in the No. 83 RCX Motorsport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport. However, it was Mike Johnson who once again proved strongest over the course of the session, taking top honors in the No. 007 Archangel Motorsports with Pro-Sport Competition Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4. Johnson’s time held to the finish, with Petkes and Lumsden completing the top three.
Let’s Get Racing
The GT America powered by AWS series will return to the track for Qualifying on Friday, October 17th, at 9:20 AM ET.
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